more efficient and fairer in his game at Spurs

It was a predictable and hoped-for progression. In the category of points scored, the mother of all basketball statistics, the most scintillating in any case, Victor Wembanyama finished his first season in the NBA last year in 30th place with 21.4 points per game. Nine months later, halfway through the second, he climbed to 24.4 points and 15th place in scoring.